Sunday, 21 April 2013

Rural Relaxation: I see a "Dragon" on Bookham Common?

I like to spend and hour or so each day walking, preferably in the countryside. Yesterday I was walking past the ponds on Great Bookham Common, Surrey, and was surprised to see in the distance a large animal which had come down to drink on the far side of Lower Hollows:

O.K. it turned out to be a well weathered trunk of a dead tree - but the momentary illusion reminds us that the eye and brain are pattern recognizers always on the look out for something interesting.

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A.K.A. Hertfordshire Chris -
I am, by temperament, a scientist who likes to stand back and get an overview - rather than getting stuck in a narrow specialist area. I am particularly interested in how people process information and how we could design systems that fit into the way that people think.
Since I retired I have been very much involved in mental health service provision (but have recently retired from all committee work) and I run a web site at www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk which provides help and advice for people whose ancestors lived in Hertfordshire.